文摘
Thermal decomposition of 1,1鈥?bicyclohexyl, a potential surrogate component of high-density hydrocarbon fuels, was performed in a batch-type reactor to investigate its thermal stability. A first-order kinetic equation is supposed to correlate the decomposition process, and the apparent rate constants, ranging from 0.0223 h鈥? at 683 K to 0.1979 h鈥? at 713 K, are determined. The Arrhenius parameters are determined with the pre-exponential factor A = 6.22 脳 1020 h鈥? and the activation energy Ea = 293 kJ路mol鈥?. Compared with four typical hydrocarbon compounds, the thermal stability trend is observed in the order of n-dodecane 鈮?1,3,5-triisopropylcyclohexane > bicyclohexyl > n-propylcyclohexane > decalin. Cyclohexane and cyclohexene are found to be the primary products due to the relatively low energy of the C鈥揅 bond connecting the two cyclohexyl rings. Bicyclohexyl decomposes into cyclohexane and cyclohexene equivalently at the beginning of the reaction. A probable mechanism on the basis of quantum calculation and GC-MS analyses for the decomposition of bicyclohexyl is proposed to explain the product distribution. It is shown that the formation of decomposition products is mainly obtained through hydrogen transfer, 尾-scission, isomerization, or dehydrogenation.